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Down-ballot: What to watch

This surge of minority candidates in 2012 could usher in one of the most diverse classes of lawmakers to Capitol Hill, helping to alter the makeup of a legislature that hasn’t always been a bastion of diversity.

“It’s a great step forward for all of us when people making decisions for Americans look like Americans,” said Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.), chairwoman of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus.

The 2013 version of the House Democratic Caucus will also hit a milestone: White men will be in the minority.

To some extent, this is all simply a reflection of what America in 2012 looks like — though Congress has long been a lagging indicator of the diversity of the country.

But it’s also by design, as party leaders have focused more than ever on recruiting quality minority candidates. This was also spurred by retiring members who opened up seats, and redistricting created new electoral opportunities, particularly in California and Texas.

Several of these minority candidates are all but guaranteed to be members of the 113th Congress. In the Chicago suburbs, Tammy Duckworth, whose mother is Thai and Chinese, is in a race that is one of the surest pickup opportunities for House Democrats. Tony Cardenas, a Democratic Los Angeles city councilman, is poised to become the first Latino congressman from the San Fernando Valley.

And still others are competing in the toughest, most closely watched House races nationwide. Democrat Ami Bera, an Indian-American doctor, is challenging longtime Republican Rep. Dan Lungren of California in a campaign that’s attracted millions in spending from outside groups. GOP Rep. Mary Bono Mack is in the toughest race of her career against Democrat Raul Ruiz, an emergency-room physician who is the son of Mexican farmworkers.

“I think that people are voting for people who are competent and skilled and who are going to represent everybody in the district,” Ruiz said. “They’re looking for people who have a great sense of inclusiveness in the political discourse, and that’s what I have to offer in this district.”

On the GOP side, Republican Ricky Gill is a 25-year-old wunderkind with a chance to knock off Democratic Rep. Jerry McNerney in California’s San Joaquin Valley. If Gill wins, he’ll be the sole Asian-American Republican member on the Hill — the man who now holds that title, Ohio Rep. Steve Austria, is retiring.

Gill, whose mother and father are immigrants from India and Uganda, respectively, landed a speaking gig at the Republican National Convention in Tampa and has drawn top Republicans such as Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to the West Coast to fundraise on his behalf.

“No party has a monopoly on tolerance,” Gill said.

The most dramatic increase in 2012 candidates came among Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders. In the 2010 midterm elections, 10 AAPI candidates ran for Congress. This cycle, a record 36 launched congressional bids, with 21 making it past the primaries to land on the general election ballot on Tuesday.

Five of those candidates are Republicans, and the rest are Democrats.

“It shows a real strength of the Asian-American story in a way that really speaks to a larger audience,” Gloria Chan, director of the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies, said of the rise in AAPI candidates.

The rapid rise of Asian-American congressional candidates this cycle came as the number of Asian-Americans nationwide grew more quickly than any other ethnic group over the past decade, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. And the swelling Asian-American population has been a crucial voting bloc for both presidential candidates in key swing states such as Virginia and Nevada.

“I think the second and third generations of Asian-Americans’ political participation is part of making a statement that ‘yes, we do belong and we’re part of this country and we need to have our voices represented,’” said Democrat Mark Takano, a Japanese-American congressional hopeful in California.

The number of Asian-Americans running for Congress has more than tripled this cycle. The number of Latino lawmakers on Capitol Hill could be the largest in history.

The non-whites that are in Congress now do nothing but seek and get special privileges for only their own kind so it stands to reason that with each and every new non-white that is allowed to take over one more Seat in Congress is Billions more of White Tax Paid Monies going to racist non-whites and of course, another District taken over by racist non-whites.

And Republicans could break a major barrier by electing the party’s first black woman to the House.

The Republicans may as well hand over their Party to you non-whites too for all the pandering they do and this is on top of all your celebrating your Genocide of The White Peoples. Yes, you Non-Whites are Genocidal Terrorists. As for your black racist woman, the first thing she's gonna do is cry about "white" racism, get special privileges for her fellow black people and then she's gonna make sure she replaces each and every single last White Person until the GOP is all non-white because that's what you non-white racists do. You take over everything where a White Person is.

This surge of minority candidates in 2012 could usher in one of the most diverse classes of lawmakers to Capitol Hill, helping to alter the makeup of a legislature that hasn’t always been a bastion of diversity.

There's OVER Six Billion Non-Whites. You're anything but a "minority".

Diverse is Code Word for White Genocide.

alter - You mean TAKE OVER what does not belong to you non-white spawn. Non-whites do not belong in America period and this "article" along with many others and all the racist non-white groups and government, corporate and bank set-asides for non-whites and all the racist remarks and the celebration taking place over the loss of The White Peoples Population proves it.

bastion of diversity - what a pathetic lie this is. Where's all that "diversity" you demon spawn are always yapping about in all your non-white, asian, black, mudlim and hispanic groups, congressional caucuses, chambers of commerce, law associations, journal associations, library associations, heritage months, museums, etc?

“It’s a great step forward for all of us when people making decisions for Americans look like Americans,” said Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.), chairwoman of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus.

And here is yet one more racist comment from a non-white made about White People and why the coming War will be partly about, a good part of that War will be about race. You "people" think you have the right to come into White Countries and just take it over. This will not happen. You act as though White People just don't deserve to exist and for this, you will be pushed back and pushed out but not just pushed back and pushed out, you will be out of here and out of Europe FOREVER for it will be Written in Stone, No Non-White shall ever Step Foot on White Soil. We're done with you evil people.

Where's the "diversity"? "congressional ASIAN pacific american caucus" sounds EXTREMELY RACIST to me and NO DIVERSITY or Multiculturalism so you must be sued and then be promptly taken over by White Men.

The 2013 version of the House Democratic Caucus will also hit a milestone: White men will be in the minority.

And this is what proves me right about everything I've ever said or written about non-whites. Could you imagine the uproar if any White Person celebrated the genocide of non-whites the way non-whites celebrate the genocide of White Men?

"milestone". What does that word mean? It means a roadside marker to show the distance between points first but then it means an important change that took place. In America, Americans consider the word "milestone" as something good. This non-white who wrote this article calls the loss of White Men a "milestone". If that doesn't tell you what non-whites want for White People, nothing will outside of what they do to you when they come to pull you out of your home in the middle of the night.

The 2013 version of the House Democratic Caucus will also hit a milestone: White men will be in the minority.

And you have all the tax money from your fellow non-whites at the ready for all the Minority Privileges for White Men and all the White Men Congressional Caucuses and Chambers of Commerce and Affirmative Action for White Men and College Scholarships for White Men and SBA Loans for White Men and you're gonna make Wells Fargo set aside Five Billion Dollars for White Men and all the other Banks set aside money too like all the White Men did for you "minorities" right? And White Men get all their White Men Associations like you "people" have for every career you can name (police, medical, law, etc.) and White Men also get to change Laws on the non-white majority just like you non-white "minorities" have always been allowed to do to them.

To some extent, this is all simply a reflection of what America in 2012 looks like — though Congress has long been a lagging indicator of the diversity of the country.

Diversity isn't about including people, it's about The Genocide of The White Peoples.

simply a reflection - No, it's about how non-whites breed like cockroaches and how their only purpose in life is taking over everything The White Peoples Created and Built and trying to make it their own. And of course, getting rid of us.

Congress lagging indicator of diversity - means The Genocide of The White Peoples is not complete. You non-whites fool many but you don't fool enough.

But it’s also by design, as party leaders have focused more than ever on recruiting quality minority candidates. This was also spurred by retiring members who opened up seats, and redistricting created new electoral opportunities, particularly in California and Texas.

There is no "quality minority"; there are only greedy and evil non-whites who seek to get rid of Americans and take over everything they built.

"retiring members" sold out Americans believing they are now safe from you savages but they're not. The old ones will die but you will come for their sons and daughters. You non-whites can admit it now since you're already gloating about the "minority" status of White Men. Oh hey, did I mention that I cannot help but notice how you never mention giving any Privileges and Special Status for White Men or The White Peoples in general for being a "minority"? Where's all our White Minority Privileges?

California is DEAD ASS BROKE! Funny how it is that it just happens to be Majority Non-White at the same time. And you non-whites think you can take over and then keep up with the White Man's Ways. You will all go back to what you've always been and that is, THIRD WORLD! I Luv It!!! Texas is the same.

Several of these minority candidates are all but guaranteed to be members of the 113th Congress.

How so? Couldn't be due from anything like Fraud or RACE BASED voting could it? You people are terribly evil. I won't ask you how you can sleep at night because of course, you can and you sleep now better than ever thinking and believing you've got it in the bag and I myself like that. Get and good comfortable now and make sure you enjoy it too.

In the Chicago suburbs, Tammy Duckworth, whose mother is Thai and Chinese, is in a race that is one of the surest pickup opportunities for House Democrats. Tony Cardenas, a Democratic Los Angeles city councilman, is poised to become the first Latino congressman from the San Fernando Valley.

Stupid White People Vote for Non-Whites in a sick and demented effort to prove they're not "racist" while non-whites always vote for their own race or the closest thing next to it. Anyone BUT White People is the Non-White Motto.

suburbs - There is not one single little place in America that you spawn have not infested. You non-whites got to force yourselves on America and Americans via Laws FORCED on us and "We" were and still are FORCED to pay for it all via our Taxes and all you spawn did in return is take us over wherever you could and all your special race based groups and programs prove it. So does all your Third World Culture, Religions, Flower and Crop Destroying Bugs and their Life Killing and Life Paralyzing Diseases too. You non-whites do nothing but consume and destroy and that's it. Your own countries in the Year of almost 2013 proves it.

thai and chinese. Two ethnicities all too known to be cruel, evil, cheaters, liars and scammers and child prostitution and raping of the waters and fish and land and My God, it goes on and on and you think these spawn can take care of the things The White Peoples care about and take care of?

latinos are the same. Look to any non-white area and you will find things like crime and cruelty in abundance.

And still others are competing in the toughest, most closely watched House races nationwide. Democrat Ami Bera, an Indian-American doctor, is challenging longtime Republican Rep. Dan Lungren of California in a campaign that’s attracted millions in spending from outside groups. GOP Rep. Mary Bono Mack is in the toughest race of her career against Democrat Raul Ruiz, an emergency-room physician who is the son of Mexican farmworkers.

Let me guess, Lungren is a White Man and Mack is a White Woman right? You did mention the word "tough" in the same sentence you mentioned two non-white "candidates" in this "article" full of PURE HATE and hope for GENOCIDAL Votes Against us Americans and especially My Beloved American Men. I may be a Gal and thus, not Military but there ain't no way, no how, are you about to get rid of My American Men. You can only go so far and unless you have plans for your fellow "people" to pay the kinds of Taxes us Americans pay, you're screwed and Truly, Rightfully so.

"outside groups" - who are they? If they're from outside of Country, they're ILLEGAL!!!

"son of mexican farmworkers". What's that? Illegal Aliens is my guess and I'm guessin', I'm right. Non-whites only seek to take over everything they can and that just will not stand.

“I think that people are voting for people who are competent and skilled and who are going to represent everybody in the district,” Ruiz said. “They’re looking for people who have a great sense of inclusiveness in the political discourse, and that’s what I have to offer in this district.”

In other words, the hispanics have successfully driven out The Americans so now ruiz, the hispanic, can "win" a Seat.

When it comes to non-whites, the word "inclusiveness" does not exist. It's always and ONLY Americans who make room for, be tolerant of and include others while "We" give up pieces of ourselves here and there and because of it, "We" get to have our American Christmas Traditions taken away and Halloween and Easter and just everything. God is going to get you. If I wasn't so fed up with you fakers, I'd feel sorry for y'all but guess what? I don't.

political discourse - show me one, just one politician who shows any concern, after all the non-white race based pandering they've done, show me one who's done that for White Men let alone White People. Politicians dare speak to us Americans aka The White Peoples yet anyone can claim that Title in this here past decade plus years so that alone makes Her Name and Her Meaning, Meaningless but aside from that, name me one politician, beside Mr. David Duke or Pastor Robb (robb isn't really a politician), who has Stood Up for White Men?

Non-whites constantly demand and get, "inclusivity" while at the same time, demand "exclusivity" and all the while, "We" pay for it. The Good Times are Over.

have to offer- Code Word for: The hispanic is going to "secure" American, I mean WHITE Tax Paid Monies to pay for all your welfare and special "minority" privileges even though you're not a "minority". Oh, I almost forgot, the hispanic also promises you hispanics that us Americans will give up our jobs and last remaining neighborhoods and last remaining pieces of our Culture and Traditions and Language and land and everything else for you spawn.

have to offer - you mean you're a hispanic "representing" hispanics in America at Americans Expense. You fool no one.